There were a lot
of really interesting contributions, talking about innovation, research,
bigData, IoT, Climate Change and the main issues related with the European
growth.

I introduced and moderated the ‘15-minutes inspiring talks’, and I had the opportunity to
talk about the value of the Open Research and the Open Innovation as a key
issues in this globalized and digital world, where immediacy is so relevant. In
this way, I spoke about how, nowadays, the researcher is more than ever in the
spotlight.

As a summary, I write a
compilation of highlights from the summit:

- Big Data and
forecasting are big challenges.

- Science is for
society and science is with society.

- The importance
of data-driven innovation.

- The importance
of recruiting the best scientist and researchers.

- The importance
of enhance collaboration.

- The diversity of
people in a city, promotes innovation.

- In 20 years, most
cars will be self-driven.

- The impact of
internet of things is extremely underestimated.

- If you want to growth
a business, innovation is necessary.

- Collaboration
between university students and companies and between researchers and companies, a key issue.

In short, an interesting event,
where you understand that the innovation is necessary but it's necessary to enhance it,
and also the research, to make more and better research… all of this, helped me
to strengthen my ideas!